A GRAIN OF SAND حبة رمل
UK TOUR 2026 (JANUARY - MARCH)
Renad, an 11-year-old Gazan girl, embarks on a dangerous journey. Carrying only the echoes of her grandmother’s tales and the spark of her own imagination, she searches for her family and the ‘Anqaa’ - the mythical Palestinian Phoenix.
As mentioned in The Guardian’s Best Theatre, Dance and Comedy in 2026.
Sarah Agha in A Grain of Sand, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, July 2025 (26) (c) Amir Hussain Ibrahimi
The UK tour is produced by Good Chance. As part of the tour, Good Chance are hosting post-show Q&As at selected performances at every venue, offering audiences an opportunity to hear from the creative team. These conversations will be led by performer and co-deviser Sarah Agha - who has taken part in Q&As throughout the show’s development and previous runs - alongside a combination of various local artists, activists and community voices and writer/director Elias Matar to reflect on the creative process, the real testimonies that shaped the play, and the role of art in times of crisis. These discussions provide space for audiences to ask questions, share responses and engage collectively with the realities the play bears witness to.
Full tour schedule
London - Arcola Theatre: Wednesday 21 January - Saturday 31 January
Post-show Q&A with performer Sarah Agha and writer/director Elias Matar will be hosted following the shows on Thursday 22 & 29 January at 7.30pm and Saturday 24 & 31 at 3pm.
Each Child a Light كل طفل نور
The run at Arcola Theatre will be accompanied by an exhibition of Each Child a Light, an international collaborative quilt project with each square dedicated to an individual child who has been killed in Gaza. Initiated and coordinated by artist Fiona Bailey, it makes visible the scale of atrocity, providing space to mourn, to mark and to remember. Fiona is also hosting an intimate quilting workshop before the matinee on Saturday 24th January, allowing participants to add to this growing testament to the lives of Gaza’s children.
Leeds - Leeds Playhouse: Friday 6 February - Saturday 7 February
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Friday 6 February only.
Mold - Theatre Clwyd: Monday 9 February - Tuesday 10 February
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Monday 9 February only.
Canterbury - Marlow Theatre: Thursday 26 - Saturday 28 February
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Friday 27 February only.
Bristol - Bristol Old Vic: Tuesday 3 March - Saturday 7 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Thursday 5 March only.
Edinburgh - Traverse Theatre: Tuesday 10 March - Thursday 12 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Wednesday 11 March only.
Glasgow - Citizen Theatre: Friday 13 March - Saturday 14 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Friday 13 March only.
Plymouth - Theatre Royal Plymouth: Tuesday 17 March - Wednesday 18 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Tuesday 17 March only.
Oxford - The North Wall Arts Centre: Friday 20 March - Saturday 21 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Friday 20 March only.
Coventry - Belgrade Theatre: Monday 23 March - Wednesday 25 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Tuesday 24 March only.
Manchester - HOME: Thursday 26 March - Saturday 28 March
The post-show Q&A will be hosted on Friday 27 March only.
A GRAIN OF SAND حبة رمل
Photograph by Ellie Kurttz
Originally commissioned by London Palestine Film Festival, A Grain of Sand is written and directed by Elias Matar and performed by Sarah Agha. The urgent, poetic one-woman show about resilience, hope and the right of children to be children is ddapted from A Million Kites: Testimonies and Poems from the Children of Gaza by Leila Boukarim and Asaf Luzon, and is now presented by Good Chance.
The book A Million Kites on which this play is based is available to buy here, with all proceeds donated to aid organisations helping the children of Gaza.
This production includes themes of war, trauma and distress.
London
A Grain of Sand opened London Palestine Film Festival 2024 at Barbican Cinema 1, followed by a discussion with festival director, Khaled Ziada, play director, Elias Matar and actress, Sarah Agha, facilitated by lawyer and writer, Selma Dabbagh.
Liverpool
Good Chance produced the theatrical debut of A Grain of Sand at Unity Theatre in Liverpool as part of and supported by the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2025, followed by a discussion with playwright and director, Elias Matar, actress, Sarah Agha and LPFF director, Khaled Ziada, facilitated by Good Chance co-Founder and co-Artistic Director, Joe Robertso.
UK TOUR 2026
Good Chance is producing the UK tour of A Grain of Sand in 11 cities, starting in London.
As part of the tour, Good Chance are hosting post-show Q&As at selected performances at every venue, offering audiences an opportunity to hear from the creative team. These conversations will be led by performer and co-deviser Sarah Agha - who has taken part in Q&As throughout the show’s development and previous runs - alongside a combination of various local artists, activists and community voices and writer/director Elias Matar to reflect on the creative process, the real testimonies that shaped the play, and the role of art in times of crisis.
These discussions provide space for audiences to ask questions, share responses and engage collectively with the realities the play bears witness to.
Press & Media
https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/a-grain-of-sand
https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/good-chance-to-tour-a-grain-of-sand-in-2026_1703316/
https://theatreweekly.com/a-grain-of-sand-to-premiere-at-arcola-theatre-ahead-of-uk-tour/
https://www.newarab.com/features/grain-sand-gives-gaza-children-their-voices-back-uk-stage
https://ayoungishperspective.co.uk/2026/01/18/in-conversation-with-elias-matar/